Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-10-15

anytning Dah abouu nim, Witness-No.
sir. Then, for mercy's sake, what do you
know about him.' Il know hs died twenty
Year, before ever hear Of him"
STILL HaE A STAKE.
A Boston broker la a wallet containing
SIS 600 on the street and . newsboy found it
and brought it to tins owner. The man
struggled with a terrible temptation to bs
mean and sordid for a moment, and then.
forgetting self and casting u the winds his
greed Of gain ~ he ramp!ed the temptation
under his feet, CAV the honest boy permis-
sion t. 20 on the 'ommon ani play every
day. We Can trust you" sobbed tue CRATE
full man; "ws know that you will keep oh the
GAS" Oh, how often this opportunity TO
make others happy by kind word, gentle
suiils or some little act of kindness knocks ut
our doors and We heei II not. until it Is too
late Oh. that more people were like the
Boston man. II. S.-Th-y are.)
WHEN HAMR VI MAkBr'
Where, oh. where has the young man gone
who graduation clothes put on, some time
along the last of May, and owned the whole
wide world for q dayi And whore = tbs
sweet girl graduate, who chantet an essay
dread with fate and started out with . gig
Cling frown to turn this old world upside
downi And where is last years candidate,
WHO had things fixei for this years. slatei
Who carried around, - you'd bclievs, .
couple of counties il his slsevoi And where
l. the scribe witt . vaulsing will who tried .
long felt want to fill, and courtod shskss and
rsnown with . mnios paper in . bourgeois
sowui The lad has div ijsd the world up fair,
and holds but his own eight bilnouth share;
the sweet girl grad. Is . grand surprise, end
couqusrs The world with well made pies; shs
candidats with the deathless gall" b fixing
himssk for another fall; whils TIE journalist
with the naughty crest has gone the way Of
Last year. nest So year by year aud day by
day the world runs on in the sane old way !;
the balloon that Is biggsss round about is the
dAbbisst rag when the gas Is out.
II MAKS An UNCo LEEwAY.
There is one thing Igna,ius ODonnslIy
might have done very easily. II he had
thought Of it-hs might do il yst-provs that
Harriet Beecher Stowe didn't write the -Uncls
Toms Cabin" that n presented on the stage
ten times a week all through and between the
ssason He could find plenty Of ciphers, in
the cast: the two Topseys, the two Markses,
the two donkeys. and the latest company an
nounces two Uncle Toms-these, with the
four meat hounds. would give an ingenious
man cipher enough to prove anything
An SWAT WI DREAD
.ls there any benefit in monopoliesg' asked
the teacher There is answered the smart
! bad boy. And what is it,r Owning an in
terest in one" He vas kept in two hour
REAL AND IMITATION BABrks
A Boston woman comes out in print to d.
nounce that Iiugnal dish wash, popularly
known - baby talk Oh, we'll, that's 70 be
expectsd in Beanville, whers Joseph Cook 4
regarded - . model child's nurss and
primary Kindergarten teacher. We believe.
FIRMLY believe, that . baby who! which!
thatl 10 born with eye glasses and theory
should b called a babe at birth and I'D
dressed as sir Or madam.
Out upon your machine made babe!
knew one long ago His name was Henderson
Ingraham Stillweather, and his parents calle>.
him that when he was in his cradle He was
b bu. 5 years old when first met him. down
| bv the Illinois river He Said to me: Excuse
! me, sir, but could you kindly enlixhten NE a
to the character Of this strange looking craft
toward which our steps arc tending and. also
/ can YOU tell me to whom does it belousi"
clutch-d the little monster by tho neck and
| held him under the dreiye boat for an hour
| i expected a scene with his mother but siI.
! only said that Henderson was very far
nd anced; his Uncle Dsnn.on did not drown
! until he was 49, They didn't bury Hender-
SON They pressed him be,W cen the pages OF
I a Colto s Atlas, and he fattened out and
dried just like fern That's what become,
! Of that sort Of children. l am glad
| drowned him am looking around for more
ike him. People who wean their infants on
dictionaries will do well 10 keep them under
glass until lose my tomahawk- Wagh!-
| Brooklyn Eagle.